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The Event
Front Runners in Sports Management 4.0 is a free-to-attend three days conference that is produced by the Sports Management Society of the leading private educational institution in the country, Deree – The American College of Greece and the experienced team of ActiveMedia Group, the best Sports Marketing company in Greece and it will take place on Thursday, March 31, Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2, 2022. The conference and its speakers will share insightful information about their experience & knowledge in various fields of the ever-growing sport industry. Moreover, participants will have the opportunity to develop their professional network in the field of sports management.
The first day will be about Sports Tourism, the second day will cover the subject of Fan Engagement, and on the third day we will Explore the Sports Industry and we will see different aspects of it.
The web conference will attract the interest of the following sectors: Education, Events, Basketball, Football, Golf, Athletics, Running, Handball, Climbing, Digital & Social Media, Sport for Development, Sports Tourism, Sports Marketing & Management, Strategy, Sponsorship, Technology & Esports, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Cryptocurrency.
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Speakers

Dr Athanasios Krystallis
Executive Director at the Center of Excellence in Food, Tourism and Leisure and Associate Professor @ Deree - The American College of Greece

Dr Tatiana Chalkidou
Head of the Department of Hospitality, Tourism & Sports @ Deree - The American College of Greece

Dr Stella Leivadi
Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator, Sports Management Dept. of Tourism, Hospitality & Sport School of Business & Economics @ Deree - The American College of Greece

Dr Eugenia Tzoumaka
Associate Lecturer Marketing/ Sports Management School of Business & Economics @ Deree - The American College of Greece

Ms Katia Avramidou
General Legal Counsel of Aegean and Olympic Air Board, member of the Confederation of Professional Golf (CPG) and of Crete Golf S.A. @ Aegean Airlines

Mr Giannis Bourousis
Former Player of Real Madrid BC, Former Captain @ Greek National Basketball Team

Ms Annie Constantinides
Former Basketball Player, Τhe Director of Athletics, Summer Camp, Recreational Programs & Theater Operations at the American Community Schools of Athens, Greece (ACS Athens) and was recently elected to serve on the Hellenic Basketball Federation Board of Trustees (first woman on the board)

Mr Tom Huston
General Director, Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez Basketball Club, Director of European Operations, Counterpointe Sports Group

Dr Anastasia Kiritsi
Lecturer at Arden University in Berlin & UK / Juror at BPW Investment Bank of Berlin /Advisory Board member at World Tourism Forum/ Member Of The Advisory Council at Harvard Business Review

Mr Fotis Kokotos
Environmental Engineer and Member of the Board of Elounda SA Hotels & Resorts, owner of the Elounda Golf Club in Crete

Dr George Kosta
Professor in Recreation Management and Sport Tourism @ Democritus University of Thrace
Agenda
Thursday 31 March 2022

Athanasios Krystallis

Stella Leivadi

Kostis Kapopoulos

Themistocles Karvountzis

Eugenia Tzoumaka

Fotis Kokotos

Nuno Sepulveda

Nicholas Sotiropoulos

Rena Papadopoulou

Antonis Kalaitzakis

Katerina Anastasopoulou


Vanessa Archontidou

Micheal Styllas

Maria Zachariadou

Emmanuel Karalis

Stella Leivadi

Eugenia Tzoumaka

Sofia Zacharaki

George Kosta

Christos Neophytou

Akis Tsolis
Friday 01 April 2022

Anastasia Kiritsi

Takis Pournarakis

Eugenia Tzoumaka

Dimitris Farmakis

Pavlos Papapavlou

Giannis Bourousis

Yiotis Panagiotou

Julio González Ronco

Nikos Bourlakis

Eugenia Tzoumaka

Tom Huston

Tom Kolokithas

Stefanos Avramidis

George Bebetsos

Joao Capela

Sotiris Triantafyllou
Saturday 02 April 2022

Amaryllis Angouridaki

Orestis Angouridakis

Sotiris Milonas

Chrysanthi Stetou

Stella Leivadi

Annie Constantinides

Helen Maroulis

Eleni Jantasek
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Αυτοί που έχουν την τύχη να χτίσουν μια επιχείρηση από το όνειρό τους
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“Throughout the past ten years, ActiveMedia Group has managed to play a leading role in the sports industry and especially to the Sports Management Sector, having acclaimed multiple national and regional sports marketing & tourism awards in Greece. Our team has produced some of the most prestigious events in Greece working for both the private and the public sector. ActiveMedia Group is closely following all sports tourism events worldwide, since the rapid growth of such activities have become a trend in the sports industry. The business model and strategy behind our events are based on Destination Sports Tourism model which consists of the promotion of specific destinations and landmarks with historical value.
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Deree – The American College of Greece is an independent, not for profit, nonsectarian, co-educational academic institution founded in Smyrna, Asia Minor, in 1875, by missionaries from Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest and largest US accredited college or university in Europe, offering transformative education and cultivating a fertile intellectual and cultural collaboration between Greece and the United States for over 140 years.

The ACG’s Academic Societies offer students the opportunity to engage and collaborate with faculty in an academic discipline, attend lectures and seminars and participate in excursions and a wide range of activities that provide deeper engagement in a particular subject area.
The Sports Management Society is a student community for Sports Management international students, who pursue studies in Major or Minor studies in Sports Management, in Greece the birthplace of the Olympic Games utilizing the exceptional athletic facilities of the Deree campus in Aghia Paraskevi.
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